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A 19-year-old Livingston man faces felony charges after police said he allegedly assaulted his grandfather by striking him in the head with a laptop computer early Thursday morning.

Ty Juhnke made an initial appearance in Justice Court Thursday on felony assault and drug charges after he was reportedly involved in a family member assault and in possession of a unprescribed medication, Park County Undersheriff Clay Herbst said Friday.

After over 300 days in jail, a 57-year-old Livingston man was released Friday when he was sentenced in Montana Sixth Judicial District Court for sexual assaulting a woman in a downtown alley last October.

Following is a selection of calls made to the Livingston Police Department and Park County Sheriff’s Office within the last week.

Aug. 26

• 10:39 a.m. — A resident on Livingston’s north side reported that her son had been with his father for the summer and that the father was refusing to return the son to her for school. The mother said she had custody of their son. LPD got the father to return the son to his mother.

A Yellowstone National Park Road is closing, but not because of the fires burning in the park.

The section of road connecting Mammoth Hot Springs to Norris Junction will close for nearly a month for road work beginning at 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. The closure will remain in effect until Oct. 7, a park news release said.

The closure will take place between Willow Flats, just south of Indian Creek Campground, and Roaring Mountain, 5 miles north of Norris Junction.

Murdoch’s recently erected part of a structure soon to be known as the new Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply in Livingston.

After the announcement of adding a new Murdoch’s to Livingston in May, an 8-acre Travertine Lane property south of Alberstons grocery store has been transformed with building frames and a foundation in place.